Welcome to the walkthrough guide for the Pantry Puzzle Room from the game Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma. This guide will help you navigate through this particular puzzle scenario, providing a detailed step-by-step process. From examining objects and unlocking cabinets to solving intricate puzzles and ultimately escaping the room, we cover it all.
Getting Started
- Step 1: Start by turning left until you spot a poster with instructions for making gelatin on the wall.
- Step 2: Inspect the cabinet next to the poster. Here, you’ll find a torso and a bottle; pick up the bottle to get the iodine solution.
Cabinet Inspection
- Step 3: Turn further left to find another cabinet. Open the box on the middle shelf to reveal a row of six potatoes and a round part which you’ll automatically pick up.
- Step 4: Apply the iodine solution to the potatoes to reveal a sequence of six letters: DUDLLR. Reading this from right to left gives us RLLDUD.
- Step 5: Inspect the left cabinet beneath the potato box to find a leg and gelatin powder. Take the powder with you.
Unlocking Cabinets
- Step 6: At the glass-fronted cabinet, input the letters from the potatoes (DUDLLR) as directions (Down, Up, Down, Left, Left, Right) to unlock the left door. Inside, you’ll find a blue doll.
- Step 7: Study the puzzle handcuffed to the arm in the cabinet. To solve it, rotate each side until all edges match. Once solved, you’ll get a mould.
- Step 8: Open the right door by using the potato code backward (RLLDUD). Within, you’ll find the “QUEST FILE: DOLL MANUAL (PANTRY)” and a bottle of water.
The Middle Door and More
- Step 9: Examine the middle door to get the message “Left hand + doll”.
- Step 10: Mix the mould with the bottle of water first, and then combine this with the gelatin powder.
- Step 11: Check out the machine next to the door. Fix the round part, and now you can heat or cool items. Cool down your gelatin mould here.
- Step 12: Insert the cooled gelatin into the rest of the human-shaped depression, which will open a drawer, from which you get a small key.
Heating Up the Doll and Unlocking the Handcuffs
- Step 13: Equip the small doll and heat it up. You’ll end up with a pink doll imprinted with the number 1234.
- Step 14: Return to the cabinet where you got the gelatin and open the right side this time. Use the small key on the handcuffs, and inspect the hand to see a code: 259 (but 625 if upside down).
Unlocking the Exit
- Step 15: Head over to the keypad next to the door and input either 1493 (1234 + 259) or 1859 (1234 + 625). The latter is correct.
- Step 16: A correct answer unlocks a palm print reader. Now, you need a right-hand print. Go back to the glass-fronted cabinet and unlock the second set of handcuffs.
- Step 17: Heat the arm of the heating machine to open its palm.
- Step 18: Use the hand on the palm print reader.
Final Decision
- When prompted for a name, input “Carlos” or “Me”. Note that this will lead to a game over, but it’s not the end of this timeline. What is Q-Team up to?
Zero Time Dilemma Pantry FAQ
How do I reveal the letters on the potatoes in the pantry puzzle room?
Use the iodine solution you found in the cabinet next to the gelatin poster. Apply it to the potatoes to reveal the sequence of six letters: DUDLLR.
What is the code to unlock the left door of the glass-fronted cabinet?
The code for the left door can be derived from the letters on the potatoes (DUDLLR) as directions: Down, Up, Down, Left, Left, Right.
How do I solve the handcuffed puzzle in the glass-fronted cabinet?
Rotate each side of the puzzle until all the edges match. Ensure you check all sides of the puzzle by rotating it completely. The solution will yield a mould.
What is the code to open the right door of the glass-fronted cabinet?
Use the potato code read from right to left: RLLDUD. This corresponds to the directions: Right, Left, Left, Down, Up, Down.
How do I get the small key from the machine in the pantry puzzle room?
Mix the mould with water and gelatin powder first. Then, insert the cooled gelatin into the human-shaped depression on the machine. A drawer will open at the bottom of the machine, containing the small key.
How do I get the code for the keypad next to the door?
Combine the numbers on the pink doll (1234) with the numbers on the left hand (625) to get 1859. This is the correct code for the keypad next to the door.
How do I obtain the right handprint to use on the palm print reader?
Head back to the glass-fronted cabinet and unlock the second set of handcuffs. Retrieve the arm, heat it at the heating machine to open its palm, and then use the hand on the palm print reader.
